Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/willjakwemō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô.

Noun

*willjakwemō m

1. a wished-for guest or arrival

Descendants

• Old English: wilcuma, wilcume
  • Middle English: welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume
    • Scots: walcome
    • English: welcome
      • → Tok Pisin: welkam
      • → Pitcairn-Norfolk: welkam
  • ⇒ Old English: wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian (verb)
    • Middle English: wilcumen, wolcumen, welcomen
      • English: welcome
      • Scots: welcum, welcom, wellcom, willcom
    • ⇒ Old English: ġewilcumian
• Old Frisian: *wilkuma
  • Saterland Frisian: wilkemen, wülkemen, wäilkúmen
  • West Frisian: wolkom
• Old Saxon: *willikumo
  • Middle Low German: willekome, wilkome, willekom
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: willekomen, willekōmen (verb)
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: willekōmen, wolkōmen (past participle, adjective)
        • German Low German: willkomen
        • → Old Norse: velkominn (adjective)
          • Icelandic: velkominn
          • Faroese: vælkomin
          • Norwegian:
            • Norwegian Bokmål: velkommen
            • Norwegian Nynorsk: velkomen, velkommen
          • Old Swedish: vælkomin
            • Swedish: välkommen
          • Danish: velkommen
• Old Dutch: *willikumo
  • Middle Dutch: willecome, wellecome, welcome
    • Dutch: welkom
      • Afrikaans: welkom
    • Limburgish: welkom, wilkóm
    • → Old French: willecome, willecomme, wilecome
      • Middle French: willecomme (adjective, interjection)
      • ⇒ Old French: willecomer, wilecomer (verb)
        • Middle French: welcumer, welcomer, welcomier (verb)
• Old High German: willikwemo, williquemo, willikomo, willechomen
  • Middle High German: willekomen
    • Alemannic German: wéllkòmm, wol chomne, wolgcheemen, woul chemne
    • Cimbrian: bóolkhèmm
    • German: willkommen
    • Luxembourgish: wëllkëmm
• → Vulgar Latin: *bene venītus, *bene venūtus (calque) (see there for further descendants)